Disabling plain-text password storage by defult

Disabling plain-text password storage by defult

Given that we support a number of secure credentials stores, I propose
that, starting with 1.14.0 LTS, we disable the on-disk plain-text
password store by default. I've prepared a patch for configure.ac to
issue appropriate warnings before that time. If we decide to do this, we
should also mention it in our roadmap on the site.

Re: Disabling plain-text password storage by defult

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 02:49:57AM +0100, Branko Čibej wrote:
> Given that we support a number of secure credentials stores, I propose
> that, starting with 1.14.0 LTS, we disable the on-disk plain-text
> password store by default.

That works for me, too. I'd somehow thought an LTS release was a big
enough deal for such a change, but on consideration, you're right;
changes like this should be made in regular releases, that's what
they're for.